What is Politics?

[icyfroth]

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes
from the poor and campaign funds from the rich,
by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Am ringer, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism."

I offered my opponents a deal:
"if they stop telling lies about me,
I will stop telling the truth about them".
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952..

A politician is a fellow who will lay down
your life for his country.
~ Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman


I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious
a matter to be left to the politicians.
~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city,
it might be better to change the locks.
~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)

We hang petty thieves and appoint the bigger thieves to public office.
~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being
governed by those who are dumber.
~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

Politicians are the same all over.
They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become PM;
I'm beginning to believe it.
~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defense' by Irving Stone.

Politicians are people who,
when they see light at the end of the tunnel,
go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton, American actor/writer

What happens if a politician drowns in a river?
That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown?
That is a solution .......!!!

[polksaladallie]

politics on here is toxic

But it's "toxic" if we have a different view from the right wingers, apparently, and pure and acceptable only if posters agree with them.

[cherry*135]

Yes, having a different view/perspective from another poster, is not a personal attack on the poster... some seem to think it is.

There does seem to be an ever increasing number of people who are getting very disillusioned with the current Govt, I guess that could lead to the feeling of  for people who support the Govt of 'being outnumbered'.

[monman12]

"What is politics?" a lot of bleating by : mostly in the form of gimme gimme: or:

Here politics  would appear to be a form off Myopic catharsis, somewhat removed from economic reality e.g. Medibank shares have risen 20% in 2 months,  and someone comments that 40 cents is not much (IPO $2.00)  whilst possibly bemoaning the complexities of the budget!.

"Opinions of posters here re the incompetence of the current PM & the Govts unfair and inequitable polices.........."

Incompetence? not judging by the ASX and the XJO (top 200 Australian listed companies).

Economic polices/politics as reflected by the ASX interest me,  not a lot of  partisan twaddle, often just  C&P,  unresearched and sometimes exaggerated.

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